ABSTRACT
This chapter explores solidarity initiatives in Athens since the last economic crisis. It draws on recent research on the role of gender and social reproduction in movement cultures, and on extended ethnographic data on self-help initiatives in crisis-hit Athens, to look at solidarity mobilizations in Greece. The chapter then presents the personal stories of three people actively engaged in solidarity initiatives that reflect how movement practices were transformed to embrace a diversity of experiences that challenged gender norms in activist culture. It also provides a brief reflection on how intersectionality allows people to critically engage with inequalities produced by austerity, as well as within social movements, and thus to develop better understandings of working lives.
